Demoted County Supervisor Announces His Resignation

Sol Berger, the former Broward County Purchasing Division director who was demoted last month, submitted his resignation Wednesday.

Dean Yow, director of the Office of Management Services and the interim purchasing director, confirmed that Berger had resigned effective April 26.

``He tendered his resignation to me today,`` Yow said Wednesday, adding that he ``would prefer not to discuss`` Berger`s reasons for resigning.

``He discussed medical reasons, as far as I remember,`` Yow said. He would not specify what the medical reasons were.

County Administrator Floyd Johnson demoted Berger after a report recommended a number of changes in the office, which controls millions of dollars in purchases and contracts for Broward.

The position he resigned from Wednesday was as a senior purchasing agent -- the same position he held before being promoted to director in April 1983. When he was demoted, his salary dropped from $42,337 to $37,421.